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(11) | EP 2 618 461 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Motor and rotor thereof |
(57) A rotor having an improved structure capable of achieving enhanced durability is
disposed in a motor, the rotor including a sleeve having a shaft hole, through which
a motor shaft extends, rotor cores spaced apart from one another in a circumferential
direction of the rotor, and permanent magnets each disposed between adjacent ones
of the rotor cores such that the permanent magnets are arranged in a radial manner
about the sleeve. First and second cover plates may be disposed at opposite sides
of the permanent magnets in an axial direction. Each of the first and second cover
plates may include a shaft receiving hole to receive the motor shaft. The rotor may
include a plurality of support members each having a magnet support portion arranged
to support an outer end of a corresponding one of the permanent magnets in a radial
direction of the rotor.
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